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    Cambridge University Press

    0521821320 - Reading the Past: Current Approaches to Interpretation in


    Archaeology, Third Edition
    Ian Hodder and Scott Hutson
    Table of Contents
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    Preface to the first edition xi


    Preface to the second edition xv
    Preface to the third edition xvii

    1 The problem 1
    Cultural meanings and context 2
    Individuals and agents 6
    Historical context 10
    Conclusion 13

    2 Processual and systems approaches 20


    A materialist approach to culture? 22
    Agency 30
    History and time 31
    Behavioural archaeology 33
    Measuring and predicting mind: cognitive processual
    archaeology 36
    Neo-evolutionary archaeology and mind 39
    Conclusion 42

    3 Structuralist, post-structuralist and semiotic archaeologies 45


    Formal analysis and generative grammars 47
    Structuralist analysis 52
    Critique 59
    Post-structuralism 65
    Verification 68
    Conclusion: the importance of structuralist
    archaeology 72

    4 Marxism and ideology 75


    Marxist archaeology 75

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    Ideology 79
    Ideology and power: conclusions 88

    5 Agency and practice 90


    Practice and structuration 90
    Resistance 96
    Agency 99

    6 Embodied archaeology 106


    Materiality and malleability 107
    From an archaeology of the body to embodiment 112
    The limits of the body 121
    Conclusion 123

    7 Archaeology and history 125


    History of the long term 130
    Historical theory and method: Collingwood 145
    Some examples 150
    Conclusion and critique 152

    8 Contextual archaeology 156


    Meaning and understanding 157
    Meaning in archaeology 162
    Reading material culture 166
    Context 170
    Similarities and differences 173
    Relevant dimensions of variation 183
    Definition of context 187
    Explanation and description 191
    Critical hermeneutics 195
    Conclusion 203

    9 Post-processual archaeology 206


    Variability and materiality 207
    Process and structure 214
    Historical meaning content: the ideal and the material 215
    Archaeology and society 217
    Conclusion 234
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    Cambridge University Press
    0521821320 - Reading the Past: Current Approaches to Interpretation in
    Archaeology, Third Edition
    Ian Hodder and Scott Hutson
    Table of Contents
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    Contents
    10 Conclusion: archaeology as archaeology 236
    Testing interpretations 239
    Archaeology and its distinctive role 242

    Bibliography 248
    Index 284

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